Key Chronology - Britain, 1983-90

Question 1

What happened in June 1984?

Answer 1

Battle of Orgreave between police and striking miners

Question 2

What happened in October 1984?

Answer 2

IRA bomb attack on Brighton part conference

Question 3

What happened in March 1985?

Answer 3

Miners vote to end strike

Question 4

What happened in November 1985?

Answer 4

Anglo-Irish Agreement signed at hills borough

Question 5

What happened in January 1986?

Answer 5

Resignation of Michael Hesseltine over Westland affair

Question 6

What happened in October 1986?

Answer 6

The ‘Big Bang’: deregulation of the City

Question 7

What happened in June 1987?

Answer 7

Third successive Conservative election victory

Question 8

What happened in November 1989?

Answer 8

Fall of Berlin Wall and end of the Cold War

Question 9

What happened in March 1990?

Answer 9

Anti-poll tax riots

Question 10

What happened in November 1990?

Answer 10

Resignation of Geoffrey Howe

Margaret Thatcher forced out by her own party

Question 11

What happened in June 1983?

Answer 11

Decisive election victory of Margaret Thatcher